The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2194
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
8:08 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 356,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3364
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 349.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.08° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.